Improvement in peg-floats



E. DICKINSON.

Peg-Floats.

No. 214,555.. Patented April 22,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

EMANUEL DICKINSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

lM PROVEM ENT IN PEG-FLOATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,555, dated April22, 1879; application filed August 22, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMANUEL DICKINSON, ofPhiladelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Peg- Outters and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in whichFigure l is a side elevation of my improvements. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the cutter and a broken sectional view of thesupporting-standard. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the cutter Fig. 4,a perspective of the yoke; and Fig. 5 is a vertical section of yoke andattached gearing.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination ofparts, hereinafter set forth, having reference particularly, first, tothe construction of the cutter; second, to the combination and.arrangement of the gearing whereby motion is conveyed from the maindriving-shaft to the cutter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indicates a stand, in which ismounted a vertical shaft, B. O and D are gear-wheels for giving motionto said-shaft from a handle, E, or equivalent treadle. F is a yoke,composed of the cross-piece f and depending side pieces,

j" the latter having openings for the passage of screws, which enter thestandard A near its upper end, so as to retain said yoke thereon. g isavertical stud or stem depending from the cross-piece f, and g is aninclined stud or stem projecting in an upward H is a beveled-gear wheel,which turns loosely on the stem 9, its hubh being fastened by a setthewheel I is .threaded to receive the hub 70. of the cutter K, the latterbeing formed with an internal left-handed screw.

Said cutter is composed of the hub k and a rim, 7c, between. which twoparts are located the cutting-blades k W. Said blades are elevated orthrown out, as shown, so that their cutting-edges k which form radialcurves, are above the plane of the rim is. A space, It, or opening, isthus left below each cutting-edge for the passage through the cutter ofthe chips, shavings, or portions of the pegs removed by such cutter.

The operation is simple and obvious. The handle E being duly turned, thecutter K is thereby rapidly rotated. Coming in contact with theprojecting ends of the pegs in any boot or shoe being operated upon,such ends are instantly cut off, and pass through the openings kdropping down and out of the way.

The cross piecef may be formed with a lip, f which will serve to protectthe gear-wheels H I from the peg-cuttings;

The rim k operates as a guard, preventing the blades W from coming incontact with the upper of the boot or shoe, and thereby preserving thesame from injury.

I have spoken of the various parts of the cutter-via, the hub, rim, andblades; but in practice I design making these all in one piece.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The peg-float cutter K, composed ofthe hub k, rim is, and curved radial blades is k and having theslots orpassages 7. said cutter, with its blades, being constructed in onepiece, as described and shown.

2. The yoke I, having cross piece f, with vertical depending stem 9 andan inclined projecting stem, 9, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with standard A and shaft 13, of yoke I, withinclined and vertical stems g g, gear-wheels HI,and cutter K, the

EMANUEL DICK IN SON.

Witnesses S. J. VAN STAVOREN, OHAs. F. VAN H RN.

